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March 20 - 26, 2009 The Independent Weekly 2 www.independentweekly.com.au news Glenthorne Farm plan angers local residents ???????????? With the fate of Glenthorne Farm now in the hands of Planning Minister Paul Holloway, McLaren Vale wine and tourism association chair Dudley Brown thinks housing development on land meant for agriculture will definitely go ahead. Residents of the area are outraged and have approached local MP, Member for Mawson Leon Bignall. Eight years ago the State Government sold Glenthorne Farmto Adelaide University, which signed a deed protecting the land from urban development. The university also pledged to use the O’Halloran Hill land for agriculture, horticulture, oenology, viticulture, buffer zones and community recreation. If allowed by the minister to break the deed, the university is planning to sell 1000 housing blocks on the land. Mr Brown said the university’s proposal is expressly forbidden by the deed. “We have made the university and the Minister aware of our position that the deed should be upheld,” Mr Brown said. “When the deed was made, the community and the stakeholders decided what they wanted the land to be used for,which was not for 1000 houses to be built on it. “Adelaide University took two years to consider the proposal and were chosen as the trustee of the deed because they were seen as an entity that was able to act in perpetuity, which is how long the deed was made for – not a seven-year contract.” Mr Holloway received a letter from Adelaide University on February 12 detailing its development plans for Glenthorne farm. He is considering his response and expects to respond to the university shortly. Mr Bignall said many of his constituents were concerned about the proposed housing development. They tell We tell Dam virtually certain A ???????????? dam across the River at Wellington is moving closer to becoming a certainty following new developments this week. Water Security Minister Karlene Maywald revealed as much when she said: “This weir that we will be building between the Lower Lakes and Lock 1 atPomanda Island. It will be a similar operating function to the weirs that we’ve currently got in existence.” To Liberal spokesman Adrian Pederick, Ms Maywald’s comments prove the Government’s mind is made up and that the environmental impact statement is just part of the process. He said the state’s worst kept political secret was out. “The Rann Government gave up on the Lower Lakes months ago with preliminary works for the weir having been under construction for some time. Now the Minister has admitted publiclywhatwe have known all along – the Rann Government does not have a ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? plan to keep the Lower Lakes alive and plans to build the weir and subsequently flood the Lakes with seawater,” he said. Meanwhile, expert witness Mike Young has told the Senate Murray Darling Basin inquiry that there should be a review of river infrastructure, to be used as a basis for assessing river “keepers” and river “losers”. Professor Young said such a review would help decide which river assets should be improved, and which “let go”. SA Liberal senator Mary Jo Fisher, who sits on the committee, derided the state Government’s proposed High Court challenge, saying Professor Young’s evidence also showed that water brokers know how to trade around the 4 per cent cap, the nub of the court challenge. “The challenge is a political ploy by Mike Rann aimed at taking voters’ focus away from his government’s failure to better collect, store, use and re-use precious basin resources,” she said. And Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said not one proposal put forward by the State Government to the Commonwealth is designed to rescue Lake Alexandrina, Lake Albert or the Coorong. “Not one weir, not one regulator, not the opening of barrages to allow salt water flooding will do this,” Senator Hanson-Young said. And locals opposed to flooding the lakes with salt water say claims that the lakes will acidify are exaggerated. They said revegetation was a far more sensible, cheaper and environmentally sound choice. More people, less water in our state you what. you why. $1.50 per week delivered to your home or office every Friday* To subscribe visit www.independentweekly.com.au or call us on 8224 1600. *only where normal home delivery exists South Australia is better placed to ride out the world-wide recession than other states, according to Economic Development Board chair Bruce Carter. Mr Carter says SA will out- perform the national economy with strong growth in mining and defence. This is despite figures released yesterday that 5300 manufacturing jobs and 2400 mining jobs have disappeared in SA since November 2008. The board’s report, nine months in the making, was released this week. Among its radical recommendations to be considered by Cabinet are to increase the price of water to homes, businesses and factories while at the same ???????????? time increasing the state’s population to two million in less than 20 years. To slake the city’s thirst with such a large population, the size of the Port Stanvac desalination plant should also double, it says. Unions welcomed the report largely because it puts economic growth ahead of the state’s Triple-A credit rating (see Tom Richardson, page 7). SA Unions secretary Janet Giles said the report was well structured, well thought out and on the right track. “It is heartening to look through the EDB’s list of key recommendations and find so much in common with our “a fair share of the future” agenda,” Ms Giles said. The Liberal Party was sceptical of the Government’s capacity to deliver on the targets. “Under Labor the brain drain from SA has hit a 12-year high,” said Opposition leader Martin Hamilton-Smith. “South Australians are voting with their feet and are continuing to leave the state in record numbers,” he said. More than 4700 people exited the state in the 12 months to September last year. The state’s population growth of 1.1 per cent over this period lags the national rate of 1.8 per cent. Mr Hamilton-Smith said that targets the government failed to achieve from its 2003 report include failure to meet export dollar targets and having the smallest proportion of exporting firms – 6 per cent compared to national average of 13 per cent. Meanwhile, BGF Equities and BHP have warned that the downturn in the global economic and commodity markets will see a winding back of operations at Olympic Dam, and a much looser time schedule for any expansion of the mine. Shadow Resources Development Minister David Ridgway said Bureau of Statistics figures show SA performed the worst of all states over the past year with a 24 per cent fall in mineral exploration expenditure,while nationally expenditure rose by 6.3 per cent. Have you signed up to Indaily’s footy tipping competition yet? Round one starts next week so don’t forget to register now at www.independentweekly.com.au for your chance to win this year’s top prize: a Samsung 42” HD Plasma TV. Hawke Centre Forum on Environmental Sustainability, Work, Life and Consumption. INDEX news HOME DELIVERY CALL 8224 1600 hear’say 2-5 6 business news shares/punter opinions & letters 7, 8, 10 resources ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 11,13 12 14 Two experts discuss how rebalancing work and family life could help to combat climate change. Professor Barbara Pocock, Centre for Work + Life, UniSA and Dr Richard Denniss, The Australia Institute. Monday 6 April, 5.30pm start Bradley Forum, UniSA City West campus, Hawke Building – level 5, 50-60 North Terrace, Adelaide. Booking essential online at: www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au or phone 8302 0215. domain property happenings ??????????????????? ?????????????????? 15 26 27 media & marketing 28 professions spectrum 29 30 ??????????????????????????? www.independentweekly.com.au art 31,34 eat thirst 32 33 galleries 35-37 sport 38,40 TV 39 The Independent Weekly is a South Australian owned and operated newspaper, taking an independent view of local news, issues, business, sport and culture for all South Australians. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?Publisher: Paul Hamra ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: Ann Oliver ?????: Philip White ???????????: Tom Richardson and Don Riddell ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: Kate Elmes ???????????? George Aldridge ???????????????????: Liz Smelt ??????????????????? 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